Biography
Paul Block, city organizer of the Relief Workers League, was beaten and jailed during the June 30, 1934 police attack on a Union Square relief meeting, according to the July 7 issue. The July 14 follow-up reports $500 bail each fixed by Magistrate Leonard McGee on Tuesday, July 10, and referral to the grand jury on accusations of assaulting police. Witness accounts challenge the alleged weapons evidence. No exact physical release or completed jail duration is supplied. Daily Worker, July 7, 1934, page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n162-jul-07-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2 Daily Worker, July 14, 1934, page 2. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n168-jul-14-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2
The July18,1934 Daily Worker announces trial of Paul Block, Michael Davidow and Jack Rand after their arrest the preceding week while distributing leaflets at the Governors Island-Fort Jay ferry entrance in support of relief workers striking against layoffs. This location and activity differ from the existing June30 Union Square meeting case. The relative last-week date is preserved without an exact day; no outcome or discharge is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n171-jul-18-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3
